Lone Star Park's 2014 Spring Meet in Photos
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2014 is only halfway over and it has already been one of the craziest years of my life. Between preparing for and competing at horse shows on a larger scale than I ever have before in my life and completing my senior year of high school, life has been hectic. All of these things have been very exciting, but unfortunately, as a result, my time to enjoy and write about racing has greatly diminished.
In years past, I have enjoyed numerous spring and summer days at Lone Star Park. However, this year – due to my busy schedule and Lone Star’s new format of primarily night racing – I made far fewer visits to my home track than I would have liked. Yet, each and every time I was there, I was in my happy place. And this year, I was sure to make memories that last forever – in the form of photographs.
Unfortunately, I was only able to be in attendance for one of Lone Star’s stakes races during this year’s Thoroughbred meet: the Lone Star Park Handicap (gr. III). However, I enjoyed all of the racing I was in attendance for, as well as the morning works I made it out to see and my visit with 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird. Lone Star is not a major headliner and has fallen upon hard times, but it is my happy place.
Please enjoy 25 of my favorite photographs I took at Lone Star this year:
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Mine That Bird surveys his surroundings while visiting Lone Star Park as part of the "50 to 1" movie tour |
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The eye of 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird |
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The focused eye of Joseph Countdown
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Flosy Has Atitude prepares to head to the track |
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Hooves fling mud in the post parade on Memorial Day |
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Caberneigh in the paddock |
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The eye of Night Tide, a personal favorite and the winner of two races during Lone Star's 2014 meet |
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The Lone Star Park Handicap field heads past the stands for the first time |
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After winning a race, Port of Storms - trained by Racing's Future's own Adam Dobric - heads back to the barn as the horses for the next race head to the paddock |
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A schooler eyes the crowd |
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The unusual tail of Zara Lauren |
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The sun gleams on Zara Lauren as she heads back to the barn |
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Justa Average Joe battles Anaan down the stretch to win
| A Bret Calhoun trainee's two-toned tail streams behind it during a morning gallop |
| A horse leaves the track after a morning gallop |
| A horse heads back to the barn after its morning exercise
| The eye of Man of Stature in the paddock before he broke his maiden
| West Road in the paddock
| West Road after running second on the last Friday of the meet
| Farewell, Lone Star. Until next year! |
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